External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 170207	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115959	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117969	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107424
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110755	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111272	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102956	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117638
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116516	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117527	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117260	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116911
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117458	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117460	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118274	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116053
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127628	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128123	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139082
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127538	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124235	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122247	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119325
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116371	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146672

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease